New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-08-03

before q O'Clock last Wednesday morning
the Goth inst. He had been confined to
1 past ten weeks, and was constantly at.
i tended by his father, Col. De Graft, and his
/ sister, Mrs. John Berkey Of st. Paul.
\ Charles "a. De Graft was forty four years OF
age was unmarried, and had lived for the
Ilast twenty years on his Lake Elysian
stock farm in Waseca county. For some
time past he has been associated with Col.
/ William Crooks in railroad construction.
4 James G.. Blaine and Andrew Carnegie
attended the unvailing at Dunfermline,
/ Scotland, OF a monument OF Alexander
1 III. who reigned in Scotland from 1919 to
|l2Se. They drove to the spot in four
horse coach and were well received.
Blaine delivered an address. He said:
At first thought the aspect OF an Ameri-
can engaged in raising a monument to a
king seemed out OF place; but the harm
done was not SO serious, considering that
| King Alexander lived before America was
| discovered. America sympathized with
Scotland in all great things done in both
! literature and art for the promotion OF
the welfare OF the people. 81
.Dorothea =. Dix, who has ationalrep-
utation as philanthropist, died at Tren.
ton, N. j.. She was over eighty years old,
4 and was instrumental in founding many
institutions for criminal paupers and the
! insane.
Norman Wizard, the once fam GUS gunmak-
er, is in New York. Wizard fitted out the
/ Burnside expedition. He now has an
ordnance foundry at Reading, Pa.
Ex-Secretary Bristow gets an income Of
4 $20,O 900 from his real estate investment
in New York, and his law practice nets
him $4O,O more.
! John Calder was killed by a falling ele.
! va for II, R1ndoot r. 0onoo13o mill
James Mcknight of Seattle. Wash,
1 counsel for the Northern Pacific road on
the Pacific coast, is in st. Paul for a few
days, and rumor has it that he will be the
successor to Col. Clough, who recently re-
signed the position OF counsel to become
assistant to President Hill, OF the Man.
itoba.
Elmer Thompson, who by accident IA
tally shot himself near Fullerton, Neb..
with Winchester rifle recently while TAX
ing it out OF his wagon, is the son Of Alon-
70 z. Thompson, a wealthy and prominent
citizen of Marysville, Mo. He had been
married only a few weeks.
At Dillon, Mont, Henry Grabhaus shot
his wife through the head, killing her in.
stantly. He then fired two shots in his
forehead neither OF which took fatal effect.
President Cleveland was at his boyhood'a
home, Fayetteville, N. Y. recently. He
had q cordial reception.
! Veterinary surgeons ofthe Third Avenue
Surface Railroad company OF n. Y, have
examined the stomachs OF the eighteen
horses OF the companys, which died sud-
| denly, and announce that all were poison !.
I ed by cyanide OF potassium given them in
their feed Twenty seven other horses
were poisoned but saved.
Extradition papers signed by Secretary
| Bayard We're received at Winnipeg from
Washington by the chief OF provincial po-
lice authorizing the officials at Pembina,
Oak, to hand over to the Canadian courts
Faut, who is under arrest there for an at
tempt to murder Chief OF Police McRae OF
Winnipeg.
James Weeden, the well known light.
weight pugilist Of Pittsburg was shot
| through the abdomen by Police Officer
Thompson and fatally wounded. The at
! fray occurred in Weedens saloon aid was
the result OF dispute over two women Of
questionable reputation. Thompson has
| been arrested.
Parnell and many OF his colleagues were
entertained OF London at banquet by
! the National Liberal club. The health Of
the queen was proposed by Dillwyn. The
guests all rose and drank the toast Par.
nell eulogized Gladstone for having put his
shoulder to the wheel. He said: Before
many months the ex-premier would carry
his policy and be recognized as the only
great man in British politics. The people
OF Ireland had turned to constitutional
methods OF adjusting grievances instead Of
physical force. Ii the government honest
ments to the land bill, and if the execution
thereof was in no way frustrated, they
would never have to use the coercion bill.
The Irish would be most ungra teful if in
any way they should retard the progress
OF the Liberals in the path OF justice to
Ireland.
! There is no doubt OF the fact that the
president has already determined to tako
/ an extended tour through the Western
autumn he will probably visit first Chi
cago, then Milwaukee, St. Paul. Minnea-
/ polls, returning to Washingt ton via Omaha,
Atchison Kansas City and St. Louis. Ii
the trip is taken later in the season the
route will be reversed so as to visit St.
Louis first.
/ A horrible accident occurred on the Erie
railroad a third OF a mile above Hohokus,
resulting in the killing OF eleven men and
1 the serious injury OF five others. Forty
4 two italian laborers were ballasting the
tracks, when they noticed the o'clock
train coming up the road from Hohokus.
They stepped over to the down track, but
! failed to notice the Chicago express bear.
| ing down upon them. Before any one
knew exactly what was happening, the ex'
press had plunged into their midst, knock.
ing the unfortunates right and lett, killing
ten OF the number outright and woundine
six others, one 80 badly that he died be
Il fore he reached Paterson, whittier the
!. wounded men were carried.
Great interest is excited among the tea
companies over the long race from Yoko-
. hama, Japan, to New York by way OF the
Suez canal, between steamers Monmouth
shire and Glenshiel their cargoes being the
!. first shipped OF the new seasons crop.
Their arrival is looked Tor between Aug. 4
and 5.
Judge Wallace in the United States cir
cult court in New York, sustained the Bell
a patents.
Harry Wilkes, to harness, defeated
Johnston, to wagon, although the latter
broke the record. s
Girare B. Allen, one OF the wealthiest